Jargon Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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renderwall n. a bank or cluster of computers devoted to creating animation. (posted Oct. 28, 2004) [full entry…]

reshop v. to replace returned or misplaced merchandise onto retail store shelves. (posted Dec. 26, 2006) [full entry…]

retcon v. to retroactively revise (a plot, storyline, character, event, history, etc.), usu. by reinterpreting past events, or by theorizing how the present would be different if past events had not happened or had happened differently. (posted May. 11, 2004) [full entry…]

road diet n. the reduction of a roadway’s width or lanes, intended to change traffic patterns. (posted Nov. 18, 2004) [full entry…]

roadblock n. a program broadcast simultaneously on more than one television channel. (posted May. 11, 2004) [full entry…]

sale-manageback n. a financial arrangement in which a property is sold, then managed by its former owner for a cut of profits. (posted Mar. 16, 2005) [full entry…]

scratch and dent loan n. a loan or mortgage that has become a risky debt investment, especially one secured with minimal documentation or made by a borrower who has missed payments. (posted Aug. 23, 2007) [full entry…]

shack n. a direct hit on a target by a bomb or missile. (posted Oct. 21, 2004) [full entry…]

share of throat n. the proportion of the beverage industry’s sales belonging to a specific brand or manufacturer. (posted Oct. 28, 2005) [full entry…]

shearography n. a method of detecting surface defects using lasers. (posted Mar. 6, 2006) [full entry…]

shoulder peak n. a period that precedes or follows regular peaks of heavy use or service, such as in television viewing or electricity consumption. (posted Jul. 29, 2004) [full entry…]

shut in n. in the petroleum industry, a production cap set lower than the available output (of an oil producing site). (posted Sep. 24, 2004) [full entry…]

silo other. attributively silo and as an adjective siloed, kept separate from similar items, especially in the case of funds, a budget line item, a department, etc.; noun, something that is kept separate or compartmentalized; verb, to keep separate, to stove-pipe. (posted Dec. 9, 2004) [full entry…]

spinner n. a decorative automobile hubcap or rim which spins independently of the wheel to which it is attached. (posted May. 13, 2004) [full entry…]

SPUI n. a single point urban interchange, a type of highway exchange. (posted Apr. 25, 2004) [full entry…]

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